Emma Flower Taylor Mansion Explained

Emma Flower Taylor Mansion
Location:	241 Clinton St., Watertown, New York
Coordinates:	43.9722°N -75.9178°W
Built:	1896
Architect:	Rich, Charles Alonzo; Phillips, Patrick
Architecture:	Queen Anne
Added:	October 10, 2002
Refnum:	02001114

Emma Flower Taylor Mansion is a historic home located at Watertown in Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1896–1897 and is a massive -story mansion constructed of rock faced, random course Medina sandstone which was hand-cut on site. The footprint is 5628square feet, not including the porches and porte cochere. It is Queen Anne in style and features wraparound porches, towers, projecting bays, dormers, and a complex roofline. It was constructed as a wedding gift to his daughter by New York Governor Roswell Pettibone Flower.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Notes and References

Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Emma Flower Taylor Mansion. July 2000. 2009-12-10. Cynthia Carrington and Linda M. Garofalini. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 2012-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20121002194353/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10577. dead. See also: Web site: Accompanying 29 photos. 2009-12-13. 2012-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20121002194403/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10566. dead.